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Sunday, 18 May 2008

Sparkler Echinacea OOPS ! .. NOT !

This is just a quickie post on "Sparkler" Echinacea. It has this amazing variegated foliage and beautiful pink flower colour.

I found mine a couple of years ago and have not seen any here in Kingston since. I wonder if it is being ignored in favor of all the new fragrant wow ! ones that are coming on the market. I admit to scooping up "Twilight" and "Summer Sky" along with "Vintage Wine" and

"Kim's Kneehigh" so far this year .. but I have always been fond of Sparkler in my collection too. Anyone else out there with this little gem ?

A friend has pointed out I made an oops ! with thinking Lorraine Sunshine heleopsis was my Sparkler echinacea .. this is true .. jeez ! .. I'm glad I realize now .. kind of red faced but now I know which is which ?

4 comments:

Oh my ... you may have just knocked some brain cells together for me ! This may very well be my Heliopsis helianthoides 'Lorraine Sunshine' .. holy smokes ! Thank you for making me THINK here .. I have Sparkler in the island bed with the apple tree .. my goof ! LOL ...